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Its been an exciting year for Gene Ethics. South Australia and

Tasmania are both staying GM-free till 2019 as a result of our

campaigns during state elections. The ACT and NT also remain

GM-free Zones. With your support we can continue to build on

these clear wins.

We are counting on you to sustain Gene Ethics again this year. Your

generous donations, amazing loyalty, and clear vision make it possible to

achieve great results for GM-free foods and crops. All gifts, great and small,

are warmly welcome, to keep our team campaigning and advocating for you.

Thanks to all our annual and regular monthly donors, Gene Ethics is in its

26th successful year as your GM-free advocate, educator, policy watchdog,

expert and whistle blower. We are winning against the GM and agrochemical

giants that want total control of the global food and seed supplies.

Please give by June 30thto receive your deductible receipt for this tax year.

Or sign up to make regular monthly donations that enable us to plan ahead

with confidence. Please also join or renew your Gene Ethics membership.

We are strenuously advocating Farmer Protection Laws to ensure the GM

industry pays for the damage it does. West Australian organic farmer Steve

Marsh lost his GM contamination case last month. Without compensation,

organic and regular GM-free growers are more vulnerable to the negative

impacts of GM than before.

Over 90% of Australias canola crop is still GM-freeand sells for up to

$70/tonne more than GM varieties! The law should impose a levy on all

GM seed sales to fund automatic compensation for anyone suffering GM

contamination losses. SA Greens MLC Mark Parnell introduced his Bill for

Farmer Protection last week and we are urging all governments to pass

similar laws.

Gene Ethics advocacy and public educationfor shoppers has created

roaring demand for GM-free products here and overseas. Our work for better

labelling and clearer laws for the food industry has processors flocking to

non-GM and GM-free labels. Your thoughtful shopping choices are also

crucial to bolstering GM-free demand.

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Gene Ethics is also a key leaderin the worldwide movement for fair

GM-free food and farming systems - the Global GMO Free Coalition. It has

over 60 partner groups that represent 4.5 million people on 6 continents.

We refute GM industry propaganda of feeding the world and other false

promises. Global opposition stalled GM crop expansion in 2013/14. 160

countries remain GM-free while just 28 are growing some GM soy, corn,

canola or cotton.

Public opposition to Monsantos GM seed and Roundup herbicideisstrong. In World Food Week last October and again last month, millions of

citizens joined the March Against Monsanto in 500 cities, 52 countries, on

6 continents including 8 Australian cities. Gene Ethics gave expertise,

materials and mentoring to these hugely successful events. One local result

of this work is strong citizen advocacy for councils to adopt chemical-free

weed control technologies on school and play grounds, parkland, footpaths,

riverbanks, and other public places.

Gene Ethics is educating future generations to think more critically about

new technologies. GM, synthetic organisms, irradiation and nanotechnology

already have negative impacts on the food supply. Food for our future: Sciencefeeding the world is the theme of National Science Week 2014 in schools. Our

web-based materials for teachers and students will show that scientific practice

was key to the 5,000 years of traditional farming and breeding that produced

the bounty of foods we now enjoy. Industrial agriculture is unsustainable and

scientific agro-ecology is the way of the future.

Working together we can win GM-free!

Yours sincerely,

Louise Sales Bob Phelps

Chairperson Executive Director

PS: We are counting on you. Please give generously, join Gene Ethics and

help us create safe, secure, sustainable and fair GM-free food systems.

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